All of our news and analysis on the retrocessional reinsurance marketplace.
Retrocession is effectively reinsurance for reinsurers, so a tertiary layer of risk transfer away from the original risk, if you consider primary, reinsurance and then retrocession.
As reinsurance is insurance for insurers, retrocessional, or retro, protection is reinsurance for reinsurers.
The retrocession reinsurance market has increasingly come to depend on the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS).
As of mid-year 2022, global retrocession capacity has been estimated to be as high as $60bn, around $20bn of which is indemnity based and the rest in other formats.
The alternative capital markets and ILS funds, or investors, play a significant role in global retrocession, as too do instruments such as catastrophe bonds and industry-loss warranties (ILW).
In the wake of Tom Johansmeyer, the former Head of Verisk unit PCS, joining the Ardonagh Group reinsurance broking division Inver Re in Bermuda, the company has now launched an integrated global index practice and sees an advantage in leveraging his experience in ILW’s.
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Six tranches of privately placed catastrophe bonds have been issued with a total value of $87.6 million, by Isosceles Insurance Ltd., the Bermuda-domiciled private insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond platform operated by Marsh McLennan and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.
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Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has attracted a key hire of an executive with significant insurance-linked securities (ILS) experience, as Brad Livingston has left parametric firm Arbol to join the broker as its new Head of Collateralized Re.
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There is more optimising on the potential for retrocession capacity to be more available towards the end of the year for the January 2024 renewals, with conditions having improved and some fund-raising possible, Lara Mowery of Guy Carpenter said last week.
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Speaking with Artemis in Monte Carlo this morning at the annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre event, Trevor Carvey, CEO of Conduit Re, explained that the reinsurer plans to continue its work in the catastrophe bond space.
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Given the strong growth of the catastrophe bond market over the last year and the fact market conditions and investor preferences favour the structure, if these trends continue, Fitch Ratings Senior Director Brian Schneider said he expects cat bonds will become the largest segment of the alternative reinsurance capital market.
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This year feels like a watershed moment for the cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with tangible advances in use of ILS capital to support cyber risk underwriting, while cyber models have reached a level of maturity that promises there is much more to come, Brittany Baker of CyberCube told Artemis.
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Twelve Capital, the Zurich-headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bond and reinsurance investment manager, remains positive on the potential for the private ILS market to continue to recover from its recent historical challenges and intends to launch a new strategy to target the end of year renewal period, Marcel Grandi, Head of ILS Sourcing told Artemis.
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Broker Guy Carpenter is calling for retrocession buying clients to leverage both traditional and alternative sides of the market, in order to “create competitive tension” at the upcoming January 2024 reinsurance renewals and beyond.
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Hannover Re’s CEO says that the reinsurance company sees good opportunities in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and intends to leverage its strong position in that marketplace.
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